Chapter 1152

Pile bridge , a bridge of which the roadway is supported on piles. -- Pile cap , a beam resting upon and connecting the heads of piles. -- Pile driver , ∨ Pile engine , an apparatus for driving down piles, consisting usually of a high frame, with suitable appliances for raising to a height (by animal or steam power, the explosion of gunpowder, etc.) a heavy mass of iron, which falls upon the pile. -- Pile dwelling . See Lake dwelling , under Lake . -- Pile plank (Hydraul. Eng.) , a thick plank used as a pile in sheet piling. See Sheet piling , under Piling . -- Pneumatic pile . See under Pneumatic . -- Screw pile , one with a screw at the lower end, and sunk by rotation aided by pressure.

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Pile , v. t. To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.

To sheet-pile , to make sheet piling in or around. See Sheet piling , under 2nd Piling .

Pile <Xpage=1085>

Pile , n. [F. pile , L. pila a pillar, a pier or mole of stone. Cf. Pillar .] 1. A mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of stones; a pile of wood.

2. A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot .

3. A funeral pile; a pyre.

Dryden.

4. A large building, or mass of buildings.

The pile o'erlooked the town and drew the fight. Dryden.

5. (Iron Manuf.) Same as Fagot , n. , 2.

6. (Elec.) A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; -- commonly called Volta's pile , voltaic pile , or galvanic pile .

&hand; The term is sometimes applied to other forms of apparatus designed to produce a current of electricity, or as synonymous with battery ; as, for instance, to an apparatus for generating a current of electricity by the action of heat, usually called a thermopile .

7. [F. pile pile, an engraved die, L. pila a pillar.] The reverse of a coin. See Reverse .

Cross and pile . See under Cross . -- Dry pile . See under Dry .

Pile <Xpage=1085>

Pile , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Piled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Piling .] 1. To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; -- often with up ; as, to pile up wood . "Hills piled on hills." Dryden . "Life piled on life." Tennyson .

The labor of an age in piled stones. Milton.

2. To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.

To pile arms &or; muskets (Mil.) , to place three guns together so that they may stand upright, supporting each other; to stack arms.

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Pi"le*ate (?) , Pi"le*a`ted (?) , a. [L. pileatus , fr. pileus a felt cap or hat.] 1. Having the form of a cap for the head.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top of the head.

Pileated woodpecker (Zo\'94l.) , a large American woodpecker ( Ceophloeus pileatus ). It is black, with a bright red pointed crest. Called also logcock , and woodcock .

Piled <Xpage=1085>

Piled (?) , a. [From 2d Pile .] Having a pile or point; pointed. [Obs.] "Magus threw a spear well piled ."

Chapman.

Piled <Xpage=1085>

Piled , a. [From 1d Pile .] Having a pile or nap. "Three- piled velvet."

L. Barry (1611).

Piled <Xpage=1085>

Piled , a. [From 6d Pile .] (Iron Manuf.) Formed from a pile or fagot; as, piled iron .

Pileiform <Xpage=1085>

Pi*le"i*form (?) , a. [ Pileus + -form .] Having the form of a pileus or cap; pileate.

Pilement <Xpage=1085>

Pile"ment (?) , n. [From Pile to lay into a heap.] An accumulation; a heap. [Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

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Pilentum <Xpage=1086>

Pi*len"tum (?) , n. ; pl. Pilenta (#) . [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) An easy chariot or carriage, used by Roman ladies, and in which the vessels, etc., for sacred rites were carried.

Pileorhiza <Xpage=1086>

Pi`le*o*rhi"za (?) , n. ; pl. Pilorhiz\'91 (#) . [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a cap + <?/ root.] (Bot.) A cap of cells which covers the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap.

Pileous <Xpage=1086>

Pi"le*ous (?) , a. [See Pilous .] Consisting of, or covered with, hair; hairy; pilose.

Piler <Xpage=1086>

Pil"er (?) , n. One who places things in a pile.

Piles <Xpage=1086>

Piles (?) , n. pl. [L. pila a ball. Cf. Pill a medicine.] (Med.) The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids . See Hemorrhoids . [The singular pile is sometimes used.]

Blind piles , hemorrhoids which do not bleed.

Pileus <Xpage=1086>

Pi"le*us (?) , n. ; pl. Pilei (#) . [L., a felt cap.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A kind of skull cap of felt.

2. (Bot.) The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See Mushroom .

3. (Zo\'94l.) The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.

Pileworm <Xpage=1086>

Pile"worm` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The teredo.

Pile-worn <Xpage=1086>

Pile"-worn` (?) , a. Having the pile worn off; threadbare.

Pilewort <Xpage=1086>

Pile"wort` (?) , n. (Bot.) A plant ( Ranunculus Ficaria of Linn\'91us) whose tuberous roots have been used in poultices as a specific for the piles.

Forsyth.

Pilfer <Xpage=1086>

Pil"fer (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Pilfered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pilfering .] [OF. pelfrer . See Pelf .] To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft.

Pilfer <Xpage=1086>

Pil"fer , v. t. To take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little.

And not a year but pilfers as he goes Some youthful grace that age would gladly keep. Cowper.

Pilferer <Xpage=1086>

Pil"fer*er (?) , n. One who pilfers; a petty thief.

Pilfering <Xpage=1086>

Pil"fer*ing , a. Thieving in a small way. Shak. -- n. Petty theft. -- Pil"fer*ing*ly , adv.

Pilfery <Xpage=1086>

Pil"fer*y (?) , n. Petty theft. [R.]

Sir T. North.

Pilgarlic <Xpage=1086>

Pil*gar"lic (?) , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] One who has lost his hair by disease; a sneaking fellow, or one who is hardly used.

Pilgrim <Xpage=1086>

Pil"grim (?) , n. [OE. pilgrim , pelgrim , pilegrim , pelegrim ; cf. D. pelgrim , OHG. piligr\'c6m , G. pilger , F. p\'8alerin , It. pellegrino ; all fr. L. peregrinus a foreigner, fr. pereger abroad; per through + ager land, field. See Per- , and Acre , and cf. Pelerine , Peregrine .] 1. A wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger.

Strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Heb. xi. 13.

2. One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee; as, a pilgrim to Loretto; Canterbury pilgrims . See Palmer .

P. Plowman.

Pilgrim <Xpage=1086>

Pil"grim , a. Of or pertaining to a pilgrim, or pilgrims; making pilgrimages. "With pilgrim steps."

Milton.

Pilgrim fathers , a name popularly given to the one hundred and two English colonists who landed from the Mayflower and made the first settlement in New England at Plymouth in 1620. They were separatists from the Church of England, and most of them had sojourned in Holland.

Pilgrim <Xpage=1086>

Pil"grim , v. i. To journey; to wander; to ramble. [R.]

Grew. Carlyle.

Pilgrimage <Xpage=1086>

Pil"grim*age (?) , n. [OE. pilgrimage , pelgrinage ; cf. F. p\'8alerinage .] 1. The journey of a pilgrim; a long journey; especially, a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Fig., the journey of human life.

Shak.

The days of the years of my pilgrimage . Gen. xlvii. 9.

2. A tedious and wearisome time.

In prison hast thou spent a pilgrimage . Shak.

Syn. -- Journey; tour; excursion. See Journey .

Pilgrimize <Xpage=1086>

Pil"grim*ize (?) , v. i. To wander as a pilgrim; to go on a pilgrimage. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Pilidium <Xpage=1086>

Pi*lid"i*um (?) , n. ; pl. Pildia (#) . [NL., fr. Gr. <?/, dim. of <?/ a cap.] (Zo\'94l.) The free-swimming, hat-shaped larva of certain nemertean worms. It has no resemblance to its parent, and the young worm develops in its interior.

Pilifera <Xpage=1086>

Pi*lif"e*ra (?) , n. pl. [NL. See Piliferous .] (Zo\'94l.) Same as Mammalia .

Piliferous <Xpage=1086>

Pi*lif"er*ous (?) , a. [L. pilus hair + -ferous : cf. F. pilif\'8are .] 1. Bearing a single slender bristle, or hair.

2. Beset with hairs.

Piliform <Xpage=1086>

Pil"i*form (?) , a. [L. pilus hair + -form .] (Bot.) Resembling hairs or down.

Piligerous <Xpage=1086>

Pi*lig"er*ous (?) , a. [L. pilus hair + -gerous : cf. F. pilig\'8are .] Bearing hair; covered with hair or down; piliferous.

Piling <Xpage=1086>

Pil"ing (?) , n. [See Pile a heap.] 1. The act of heaping up.

2. (Iron Manuf.) The process of building up, heating, and working, fagots, or piles, to form bars, etc.

Piling <Xpage=1086>

Pil"ing , n. [See Pile a stake.] A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as, the piling of a bridge .

Pug piling , sheet piles connected together at the edges by dovetailed tongues and grooves. -- Sheet piling , a series of piles made of planks or half logs driven edge to edge, -- used to form the walls of cofferdams, etc.

Pill <Xpage=1086>

Pill (?) , n. [Cf. Peel skin, or Pillion .] The peel or skin. [Obs.] "Some be covered over with crusts, or hard pills , as the locusts."

Holland.

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Pill , v. i. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.

Pill <Xpage=1086>

Pill , v. t. [Cf. L. pilare to deprive of hair, and E. pill , n. (above).] 1. To deprive of hair; to make bald. [Obs.]

2. To peel; to make by removing the skin.

[Jacob] pilled white streaks . . . in the rods. Gen. xxx. 37.

Pill <Xpage=1086>

Pill (?) , v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Pilled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pilling .] [F. piller , L. pilare ; cf. It. pigliare to take. Cf. Peel to plunder.] To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See Peel , to plunder. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Pillers and robbers were come in to the field to pill and to rob. Sir T. Malroy.

Pill <Xpage=1086>

Pill (?) , n. [F. pilute , L. pilula a pill, little ball, dim. of L. pila a ball. Cf. Piles .] 1. A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole.

2. Figuratively, something offensive or nauseous which must be accepted or endured. <-- esp., as bitter pill -->

Udall.

Pill beetle (Zo\'94l.) , any small beetle of the genus Byrrhus , having a rounded body, with the head concealed beneath the thorax. -- Pill bug (Zo\'94l.) , any terrestrial isopod of the genus Armadillo , having the habit of rolling itself into a ball when disturbed. Called also pill wood louse . <-- poison pill Fig., anything accompanying a desirable object or action, which makes it deleterious to him who accepts it; esp. (Finance) a provision in the regulations or financial structure (as indebtedness) of a company which makes the company undesirable as a target for a hostile takeover -->

Pillage <Xpage=1086>

Pil"lage (?) , n. [F., fr. piller to plunder. See Pill to plunder.] 1. The act of pillaging; robbery.

Shak.

2. That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty.

Which pillage they with merry march bring home. Shak.

Syn. -- Plunder; rapine; spoil; depredation. -- Pillage , Plunder . Pillage refers particularly to the act of stripping the sufferers of their goods, while plunder refers to the removal of the things thus taken; but the words are freely interchanged.

Pillage <Xpage=1086>

Pil"lage , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Pillaged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pillaging (?) .] To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy .

Mummius . . . took, pillaged , and burnt their city. Arbuthnot.

Pillage <Xpage=1086>

Pil"lage , v. i. To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.

They were suffered to pillage wherever they went. Macaulay.

Pillager <Xpage=1086>

Pil"la*ger (?) , n. One who pillages.

Pope.

Pillar <Xpage=1086>

Pil"lar (?) , n. [OE. piler F. pilier , LL. pilare , pilarium , pilarius , fr. L. pila a pillar. See Pile a heap.] 1. The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament.

Jacob set a pillar upon her grave. Gen. xxxv. 20.

The place . . . vast and proud, Supported by a hundred pillars stood. Dryden.

2. Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state. "You are a well-deserving pillar ."

Shak.

By day a cloud, by night a pillar of fire. Milton.

3. (R. C. Ch.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church. [Obs.]

Skelton.

4. (Man.) The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.

From pillar to post , hither and thither; to and fro; from one place or predicament to another; backward and forward. [Colloq.] -- Pillar saint . See Stylite . -- Pillars of the fauces . See Fauces , 1.

Pillar <Xpage=1086>

Pil"lar , a. (Mach.) Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill .

Pillar-block <Xpage=1086>

Pil"lar-block` (?) , n. See under Pillow .

Pillared <Xpage=1086>

Pil"lared (?) , a. Supported or ornamented by pillars; resembling a pillar, or pillars. "The pillared arches." Sir W. Scott . " Pillared flame." Thomson .

Pillaret <Xpage=1086>

Pil"lar*et (?) , n. A little pillar. [R.]

Fuller.

Pillarist <Xpage=1086>

Pil"lar*ist , n. (Eccl. Hist.) See Stylite .

Pillau <Xpage=1086>

Pil*lau" (?) , n. [Per. & Turk. pilau .] An Oriental dish consisting of rice boiled with mutton, fat, or butter. [Written also pilau .]

Pilled <Xpage=1086>

Pilled (?) , a. [See 3rd Pill .] Stripped of hair; scant of hair; bald. [Obs.] " Pilled beard."

Chaucer.

Pilled-garlic <Xpage=1086>

Pilled"-gar"lic (?) , n. See Pilgarlic .

Piller <Xpage=1086>

Pill"er (?) , n. One who pills or plunders. [Obs.]

Pillery <Xpage=1086>

Pill"er*y (?) , n. ; pl. Pilleries (<?/) . Plunder; pillage. [Obs.]

Daniel.

Pillion <Xpage=1086>

Pil"lion (?) , n. [Ir. pillin , pilliun (akin to Gael. pillean , pillin ), fr. Ir. & Gael. pill , peall , a skin or hide, prob. fr. L. pellis . See Pell , n. , Fell skin.] A panel or cushion saddle; the under pad or cushion of saddle; esp., a pad or cushion put on behind a man's saddle, on which a woman may ride.

His [a soldier's] shank pillion without stirrups. Spenser.

Pillorize <Xpage=1086>

Pil"lo*rize (?) , v. t. To set in, or punish with, the pillory; to pillory. [R.]

Pillory <Xpage=1086>

Pil"lo*ry (?) , n. ; pl. Pillories (#) . [F. pilori ; cf. Pr. espitlori , LL. piloricum , pilloricum , pellericum , pellorium , pilorium , spilorium ; perhaps from a derivative of L. speculari to look around, observe. Cf. Speculate .] A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it.

Shak.

Pillory <Xpage=1086>

Pil"lo*ry , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pilloried (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pillorying .] [Cf. F. pilorier .] 1. To set in, or punish with, the pillory. "Hungering for Puritans to pillory ."

Macaulay.

2. Figuratively, to expose to public scorn.

Gladstone.

Pillow <Xpage=1086>

Pil"low (?) , n. [OE. pilwe , AS. pyle , fr. L. pilvinus .] 1. Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material.

[Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard. Shak.

2. (Mach.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. [R.]

3. (Naut.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.

4. A kind of plain, coarse fustian.